Marathon Technologies Reaches New Heights Through Agreement with Summit Business Associates

Business Wire, Nov 28, 2006

Relationship Helps Marathon Penetrate Fertile Technology Markets in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina

LITTLETON, Mass. -- Marathon Technologies Corporation, the leading provider of high availability software for Microsoft([R]) Windows([R]) environments, announced today that it has signed a reseller agreement with Summit Business Associates, an IT sales and project management company based in Richmond, VA. Serving companies in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, Summit will offer Marathon's everRun line of high availability products in conjunction its comprehensive set of technology solutions.

A Premier IBM Business Partner, Summit turned to Marathon for top-of-the-line high availability solutions that would enable customers to cost-effectively keep applications up and running. The two companies will also work cooperatively on joint marketing, sales and lead generation initiatives.

"Our agreement with Marathon was based on growing customer demand for an effective high availability solution that was less expensive and more effective than traditional cluster technologies," said Carrol L. Cox, president of Summit Business Associates. "We pride ourselves on meeting customer needs quickly and with an unparalleled attention to detail and quality. Marathon has truly helped us to extend this promise to our customers."

Marathon's everRun line of high availability products protects Microsoft Windows applications from unplanned downtime while eliminating the need for costly and complex failover processes, specialized applications, or proprietary server hardware. Turnkey, automated, and simplicity are the cornerstones of the everRun line, which uses embedded intelligent policy management to resolve faults & failures. The primary benefit to the end user is that applications continue to ComputeThru([R]) platform faults & failures, without needing to modify or script the application.

"We are pleased to be working with Summit Business Associates, which has an outstanding reputation in the Virginia technology corridor and surrounding states," said Gary R. Phillips, president and CEO of Marathon Technologies. "This relationship demonstrates our ongoing commitment to building our channel program through high quality technology companies."

About Marathon Technologies:

Marathon Technologies Corporation, the fastest growing high availability company, defines what's next after clusters -- Infinite Availability[TM]. Moving beyond traditional high availability, Marathon sets a new standard for application availability using its patented virtualization technology that embraces off-the-shelf servers, Windows and business process applications. Marathon's everRun[TM] product family delivers a completely automatic path to application availability, liberating busy IT professionals from unnecessary complexity. Marathon is a privately held, venture-backed corporation based in Littleton, Massachusetts, USA, with offices worldwide. For more information please visit www.marathontechnologies.com or call 978-489-1100 or 888-682-1142.

About Summit Business Associates:

Summit Business Associates has been an IBM Business Partner since 1991. Since that time Summit has risen to the level of a Premier IBM Business Partner. Summit Business Associates was established to serve customers located in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. Summit has developed numerous mutually beneficial relationships with other IBM Business Partners which enable the company to provide a comprehensive menu of technical solutions and strategic alliances. For more information please visit www.summitbiz.net.